Questions tagged [gimp]
GIMP (short for the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free software raster graphics editor. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool.
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Setting PKG_CONFIG_PATH for gegl library still didn't allow configure to proceed
I'm installing GIMP 2.8 (I need that version in order to use a plugin not available with GIMP 2.10). There is one last library needed, it asks for gegl-0.2.
My system has gegl-0.3 so I set up the ...
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Installing GIMP 2.8 from source on a system with GIMP 2.10 , babl library not found
My 18.04 system has GIMP 2.10 installed. I need to use a plugin that will only work with GIMP 2.8. On the gimp.org Old Stable Downloads page they advise installing a Flatpak of it, but that wanted to ...
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Gimp giving me "Failed to load module "atk-bridge" "canberra-gtk-module"
When i run:
flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP//stable
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Gtk-Message: 17:30:34.696: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"
Gtk-Message: 17:30:34.754: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
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Gimp interface to change to black
I am using GIMP 2.6 on Ubuntu 11.10 and wish to chage GIMP's Interface to black. How do I do that.
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GIMP doesn't show Tools window
I have installed GIMP 2.8.4 on Ubuntu 13.04 (via standard repositories). My problem is I don't see Tools window (the one I used to show/hide with the Tab key). How can I make Tools window appear?
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How to run GIMP on Ubuntu 16.04 (install from flatpak)?
I install GIMP as shown in https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ by run the command in terminal
flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref
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This application ...
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How to view EXTREMELY large images?
I have a 1.8GB TIF image that I'm trying to open on my machine with Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. I have 8GB of RAM and 2GB of swap space. However, I can't open the image on the stock Gnome Image Viewer (says "...
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Centre, left and right align text in GIMP
I am running GIMP 2.8. And I was wondering if there is any way of left aligning, right aligning, or centring text in GIMP? As this would be something very useful and is included in most other programs....
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Ubuntu 18.04 login loop after installing flatpak
Recently, I saw a new way to install the latest version of gimp is using an terminal application named flatpak, installed it, been able to start and use the gimp to the point that i decided to restart ...
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Convert image to black/white contours
Is there any tool to convert a colour picture to a black and white picture with just contours?
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GIMP 2.8 doesn't allow to save usual image file formats (jpg, png) via Save dialog
I used to save images as usual image file formats (jpg, png) by pressing Ctrl+S or Ctrl+Shift+S (Save or Save As dialog). Now in version 2.8 GIMP doesn't allow it anymore: you can Save only as .xcf ...
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Gimp - only has print to file [duplicate]
When I try to print from Gimp, it only shows print to file.
It offers none of my printers.
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Lost my Gimp menu
I do not know what the exact name it should be called, but I lost my Gimp menu.
This is what I lost.
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Gimp 2.0 export only in JPG regardless what I choose
I am trying to save a file as png but no matter what I do when I export it as png it is becoming a jpg file.
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Apply transparent background in GIMP
How can I remove the background and replace with transparency (as represented by checkered background in PS)? And are there any limitations in the file type I can then export the image to?
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GIMP-2.8 not exporting multiple pages in my PDF
I'm able to export the top layer to pdf using gimp, but unable to get the second layer to be the second page. Watched a lot of tutorials and not sure how to get gimp to save the multiple layers as ...
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GIMP Screenshot issue with budgie
GIMP > File > Create > Screenshot... Does not select GIMP. Only a red animated dot is showing in the dock.
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In Gimp can I change all black pixels in a picture to blue pixels?
Using Gimp can I make all the black pixels with RGB(0,0,0) into blue pixels with RGB(0,0,255)?
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Gimp — leave image window on top
I'd like to convince Gimp not to mess with the z-order of its windows. Me and the window manager are perfectly able to raise a window as I want.
In particular, I'd like to sometimes have the image ...
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Help for resynthesize install
I do not understand how to download and install the plug-in resynthesize in Gimp 10.
Please help.
Thanks.
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How to go back to Gimp2.6 (2018)
With older versions of ubuntu this questions answers still worked. Now they don't.
The repositories aren't reachable and building from source fails because of dependency errors.
I've found this PPA,...
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How can I go back to GIMP 2.6?
On an old PC, I have Lubuntu 12.10. during GIMP installation, the newest version was installed (ver. 2.8), but I think its a little heavy for an old machine like mine with a poor Intel Celeron CPU (...
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How do I resolve package conflicts between Ubuntu and GIMP?
In Ubuntu 18.04 (Cinnamon), the package cpp-7 depends precisely on version 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04 of package gcc-7-base:
$ aptitude why gcc-7-base
i cpp-7 Depends gcc-7-base (= 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04)...
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GIMP - Something wrong with color?
So I was trying to color in some lines and I picked a red to do so. When I tried to pick a black, instead of color over the red, it colored around the red, but would not color on the red. I can color ...
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Docking floating text options window in GIMP 2.8.10?
Regarding on-canvas text editing in the GIMP: is there any way to dock, move, or eliminate the floating text options window? I use the text tool for captioning and labeling, and it gets in the way.
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FX Foudry Gimp 2.10
I just updated to Gimp 2.10 and in FX Foundry, when applying the Photo-edge-mask-sharpen, I'm getting this error message:
Error while executing script-fu-edge-mask-sharpen:
Error: eval: unbound ...
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What would be a good way to scale and align various scanned images using common points?
I have a number of images of scanned maps. These maps all fit together in two dimensions. Is there a good tool I can use to specify points common to two overlapping images that'll then scale and ...
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What's the actual download size of Gimp?
I recently learned that GIMP is a Photoshop replacement in Ubuntu world and Photoshop that I knew was a huge application around 500MB. Before downloading gimp, I wanted to know the size of application....
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Can't crop JPEG with GIMP 2.8.16 64-bit
I have used GIMP for a long time to crop photos. Recently, I have not been able to do this. If I perform the usual procedure (Shift-C, etc.), the file is not cropped. Restarting the program and/or the ...
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Resize GIMP 2.8 window on Ubuntu 13.10
I had to use GIMP for the first time on Ubuntu 13.10 a few days ago and its window looks pretty weird. It occupies a full workspace and a third of the workspace below:
But it can not be maximised (...
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Using MIDI Fighter Classic as a GIMP controller
I'd like to use a MIDI device to select my most commonly used tools in GIMP. I see that I can add a midi controller in the Input Devices preferences, although I've been unable to get this working. My ...
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Why Firefox crashes when using it while working with Gimp?
I am currently using Ubuntu 18.04.1 and Gimp 2.10 and Firefox is updated to its last version Mozilla Firefox 62.0.3
I have a serious issue, while I am working on a photo edition using Gimp, and then ...
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Graphic issues - for example
Recently I've had some wierd graphics issues.
The first was with Chrome, everything appeared in what I would describe as 8 bit colors. This occurred after I installed a new Nvidia graphics card and ...
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Gimp 2.9 How add alpha channel
In Gimp 2.9 I want to add an Alpha Channel (Layers>Transparency) I expect to see a layer of transparency beneath my main image. However t no new layer of transparency appears. Its in RGB mode.
What to ...
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GIMP installed via FlatPak asks me to install DarkTable, but I've already installed it. (not via Flatpak). How can I get GIMP to find it?
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 MATE and recently downloaded GIMP 2.10 as a Flatpak. I also have Darktable loaded (not a Flatpak) as I work with RAW format photos. I want to be able to post process RAW ...
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Not able to see the plug-in in GIMP after placing it in the plug-ins folder
I have installed GIMP2.10 in my Ubuntu 16.04. I have the following simple plug-in:
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Tutorial available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmb-0KcgXzI
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can't install GIMP Flatpak
I'm reading GIMP's Flatpak documentation here. I go ahead and issue the following command after installing Flatpak on my Ubuntu 18.04 system
flatpak install --user https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/...
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Ubuntu graphic designers: Why the strokes look pixelated when I print on paper using Gimp?
When I print on A3 or A4 paper looks pixelated, the same for the text manipulation. I use to save designs to .pdf or .tiff and then I open them on Illustrator and modify things, but I don´t want to do ...
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gimp 2.10 wont start on 16.04 - [duplicate]
I tried the 6 steps in this answer but I still have same error
syslog now shows what happened executing the 6 steps for 'upgrade' and 'sysid'
rob@ ~$ gimp
cannot locate the core snap: No such file ...
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Gimp pencil tool is not working properly
For some stupid reason whenever I start painting with pencil tool it simply doesn't act as expected at all. For example, I want to create a darkened shading effect on a base of one colour (skin colour ...
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Guidance Needed-Command line in terminal to install Gimp 2.10.6 from flatpakref
Try as I might, I cannot come up with a terminal command that will install Gimp 2.10.6 from the flatpak package.
I have tried:
sudo apt-get install computer/home/paul/downloads/org.gimp.gimp....
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Unable to install beautify plugin in Gimp 2.10.6
I use ubuntu 18.04.1
I've installed GIMP 2.10.6 using this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~otto-kesselgulasch/+archive/ubuntu/gimp
I have tried to install beautify in several ways, using git and ...
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Gimp "Could not interpret PostScript file"
When I try open an .eps file in Gimp, I get: Could not interpret PostScript file '(path to file)'. I have searched for answers, but all I find is solutions for Windows. They all concerns Ghostscript, ...
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Gimp snap Help not working
I had Gimp installed as a snap. This morning I hit the Help button and was unable to get access to Help documentation, either internally or online. The error message suggested something was "missing" ...
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Gimp not in menu 18.04
Gimp is not in the the menu, it can be found by searching or /usr/share/applications/gimp.desktop, the file is an executable. So gimp can only be launched from the terminal.
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How to batch watermark images with an unique identifier?
I know how to use BIMP in GIMP, but I have 20 photos that I want to batch watermark them with different letters A-Z or different numbers 1-20. So one photo is A the other B and so on.
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Gimp installed via snap has missing fonts and theme [duplicate]
I installed gimp via snap install previously and even though window decorations were missing, I was still able to use it. Today however, I opened up gimp and it's completely unusable (fonts is missing ...
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GIMP 2.10 disable view rotation
I'm a heavy blender user, and I'm used to shift+mmb being used for panning. However in GIMP that results in image view being rotated, which is very annoying, since you have to manually go through the ...
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Why does Gimp show a second icon when running it?
Why does Gimp 2.10.4 show a second icon when running it?? One is brown and one is grey next to it. Is this a gui bug or a useful feature for whatever?
After moving the grey icon whithin the launcher/...
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Gimp does not display bold, italic, underline, strikethrough icons in the Text Tool
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.1 and Gimp 2.10.0. My screen resolution is 2560x1440 (16:9).
As it is seen in the following image - Text Tool does not display the icons of bold, italic, underline, ...
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